All episodes
Sunday, 8 December 2024
- 12:15 A remarkable place to make films: actor and filmmaker Chelsie Preston Crayford
- 12:30 Peter Dasent: The star-studded Underwatermelon Man and Other Unreasonable Rhymes
- 12:45 Producer Jason Taylor: empowering new storytellers in an unconventional journey into film
- 1:07 The multi-talented Cadence Chung: Retracing the Footsteps of Early Chinese Immigrants
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: Toi Māori and puppetry with Oriwa Morgan Ward in Putāruru
- 2:05 Our uneasy place in the animal kingdom with Jane Dodd
- 2:35 Acushla-Tara Kupe: recording global hit drama podcasts from NZ
- 3:05 Arts News: City to Sea bridge to be demolished
Sunday, 1 December 2024
- 12:10 Culinary and Cultural favourites with Peter Gordon
- 12:30 The suppression of witches and plant based beliefs
- 12:50 Pacific Fashion Fusion Show continues while national show pauses: founder Nora Swann
- 1:07 Gang patches, Ans Westra and recording street life: artist and Māori warden Suzanne Tamaki
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: Famed corrugated iron sculptor Jeff Thomson in Helensville
- 2:05 Dunedin artist Kari Morseth is weaving harakeke history back into the city's daily life.
- 2:30 Toi Te Mana: the bold and beautiful landmark book reframing Māori art
- 3:05 Arts News
Sunday, 24 November 2024
- 12:15 Fast Favourites: Dame Robin White brings home the culture of Japan
- 12:30 Protest photographer records Hīkoi mō te Tiriti with his historic lens
- 1:07 “We hope to offer hope” Bringing aspirational architecture to church - Award winner St Hilda’s
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: Tairāwhiti artist Margaret Hansen portrays her aunts' lives of faith
- 2:05 2024 Portage Ceramic Awards’ Premier Winner has a 'hard to pin down' quality
- 2:30 The young generation beating new life into tapa cloth
- 3:07 Arts news
Sunday, 17 November 2024
- 12:15 Fast Favourites with Tom Sainsbury
- 12:30 A Doll’s House Part 2: Iconic feminist Nora Helmer returns home
- 12:45 Making lace from muka: Rowan Panther in Te Tai Tokerau
- 1:07 Myths and Maidens: Documentary unpacks the stereotype of the Pasifika woman
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: Te Arawatanga with Raimona Inia in Rotorua
- 2:05 Minister Paul Goldsmith on the government’s new arts and culture strategy
- 2:17 What does the arts make of the government’s draft arts strategy? Dr James Wenley and Dolina Wehipeihana
- 2:35 The Musical Outlier: Diverse sounds from the electronic underground
- 3:08 Arts news
Sunday, 10 November 2024
- 12:10 'Never give up': Realising the dream of Sarjeant Gallery as a House of Inspiration
- 12:30 Fast Favourites with musician and underground elevator operator Anthonie Tonnon
- 12:40 Cecelia Kumeroa: Bringing the art, design and stories of iwi to the city
- 1:07 The revitalisation of Drews Ave and urban contemporary spaces
- 2:05 Building community on the riverbank: Geoff Hipango at Te Ao Hou Marae
- 2:05 Arts news: Whanganui reggae group NLC win best roots album at the Waiata music awards
- 2:30 From McSweeney the gallery cat to Michael Laws: Martin Edmond’s biography of a gallery
- 3:05 Michelle Excell: Bringing world class innovation and technology to Whanganui
- 3:30 Inspiring the youth of Whanganui: Māori educator Waiora Bailey Moore
- 3:45 Nō Konei - From here: Greg Donson on the collection and support of Aotearoa artists
Sunday, 3 November 2024
- 12:15 Fast Favourites: Journalist and TV presenter Amanda Gillies
- 12:30 The artist duo creating miniatures of our beloved backcountry huts
- 12:45 How To Art: Clown fruit mash-up theatre show hits the walls of Basement Theatre
- 1:07 'I didn’t even know what a canvas was' - From accountant to accidental artist
- 1:25 Regional Wrap in the Gumboot Capital
- 2:00 Fearless Playwright, Producer and Laureate Victor Rodger thanks his mum
- 2:30 The many artistic lives of musician David Long
- 3:04 Arts News: Quasi on the move, live performance contributes $17.3 bil and a Yorkshire Pud halloween costume
Sunday, 27 October 2024
- 12:00 Fast Favourites: Fringe Festival Director, Musician and Actress Vanessa Stacey
- 12:30 Matthew Sunderland: The NZ screen actor who plays life's strays
- 12:45 Colonial controversy around bike lanes: Aotearoa’s bicycle pioneers
- 1:07 Public fountains and pools: A thing of our modern past?
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: On the Kāpiti Arts Trail with mayor Janet Holborow
- 2:05 Arts news for 27 October 2024
- 2:06 ‘I’m writing you a poem about art’ - A poem by Tusiata Avia
- 2:15 Fresh Ink: The Dynamic New Wave of Tattoo Artists
- 2:29 Mother, fighter, photographer Tish Murtha: Her powerful images of youth in Thatcher’s Britain
Sunday, 20 October 2024
- 12:15 Fast Favourites: The Aussie Office’s Edith Poor
- 12:30 NZ’s Pinball wizard: Hamish Guthrey bringing new tech to the arcade
- 12:45 Laguna Beach, skinny jeans and dial-up internet: Teen comedy n00b a love letter to the early noughties
- 1:07 6-hour interactive photoshoot replaces camera shutter with bullet sounds
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: Matamata with Mia Smith
- 2:05 Theatre director Ben Crowder: From Isle of Wight island life to boarding school in Christchurch
- 3:05 Arts news for 20 October 2024
Sunday, 13 October 2024
- 12:10 Fast Favourites: Dame Susan Devoy’s surprising cultural connections
- 12:30 The great NZ pub crawl: Which is our most classic pub?
- 12:45 Dressing up to bare all: Freya Finch’s slow burlesque
- 1:07 Akira Kurosawa: The Japanese filmmaker Spielberg calls ‘the pictorial Shakespeare of our time’
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: Rakiura Stewart Island with Gwen Neave
- 2:05 “The internet is radically unstable” The mindblowing worlds of Youtube video game essayist Jacob Geller
Sunday, 6 October 2024
- 12:10 ‘Literature saves lives’ Fast Favourites with Behrouz Boochani
- 12:30 What do men want? Fashion designer and arts patron Murray Crane
- 1:00 Everybody makes mistakes: Christine Jeffs’ powerful first feature in 16 years
- 1:20 Regional Wrap: Greytown with Linda Kirkland
- 2:05 Chappell Roan: The rise and rise of a Midwest princess
- 2:30 Strange intelligences: the global art and tech network that’s taken root in Whangārei
- 3:05 Arts news: new NZ film winning international awards, Salman Rushdie's memoir Knife, and a Picasso uncovereed
Sunday, 29 September 2024
- 12:15 Fast Favourites: Pōneke Wellington Deputy Mayor Laurie Foon
- 12:30 'I’ve never been to a small Māori funeral': Kristyl Neho plays 30 characters at her dad’s tangi on stage
- 12:45 Who are we to judge? International art curator Professor Bonaventure Ndikung on the Walters’ Prize
- 1:07 Iconic food court hosts album installation: Goodspace meets Lim Chhour
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: An artist residency in the Rangitikei
- 2:00 How incredible are the creations at this year’s World of Wearable Art?
- 2:30 Problem Pokies and 35 years of theatre marae with Jim Moriarty
- 3:05 Arts news: a cheeky ceramics award winner, Chidgey nets Darwin and Dickens publisher and a new Christchurch artist space
Sunday, 22 September 2024
- 12:10 A Singapore Shimmy: Lisa Reihana’s 114,000 dazzling discs
- 12:30 Kirsty Webeck: Winning over strangers and being a ‘clean comedian’
- 12:45 Pop artist Theia releases staunch new anthem Baldh3ad
- 1:07 Being fearless at the world's edge: Composer Eve De Castro Robinson tries stand-up
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: Ōhinehou Lyttelton with ceramicist Grace Uivel
- 2:05 The remarkable friendship of iconic architects Warren and Mahoney
- 2:30 What's possibly next after crocheting a to-scale woollen neon wharenui?
- 3:05 Arts News for 22 September 2024
Sunday, 15 September 2024
- 12:15 Fast Favourites: Maori-Samoan RnB artist Jordyn with a Why
- 12:30 Making the leap from dance to choreography
- 12:45 Putting the real-life stories of migrant workers on stage
- 1:07 Designing winning kitchens with function and flair
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: Waitohi Picton
- 2:10 From SpongeBob to Lord of the Rings: Why are we so successful composing for film?
- 2:30 Songs based on poems inspired by films: Bill Direen’s Dustbin of Empathy
- 3:05 Arts News: a giant teardrop, an enormous road cone and a new home for dance
Sunday, 8 September 2024
- 12:10 Tawata turns 20: Mīria George and Hone Kouka
- 12:30 The Killing: Plushies, red velvet and the modern day circus
- 12:45 The ‘what ifs’ of dazzling New Zealand modernist painter Edith Collier
- 1:07 Celebrating 10 years of Kōanga Festival
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: Feilding with Mayor Helen Worboys
- 2:05 Giving the Dunedin Sound a shakeup: The future of the indie Ōtepoti scene
- 2:35 Performing arts quadruple threat: Petmal Petelo
- 3:05 Arts news: NZ art lights up Piccadilly Circus
Sunday, 1 September 2024
- 12:15 Fast Favourites with Boh Runga
- 12:30 ‘Messy-ass b*tches, doing messy-ass things!' Kiwi TV comedy Not Even
- 12:45 Electric Avenue doubles in size for 2025 as other festivals fold
- 1:00 A world of handcut wonder: Matchbox and shoebox diorama with Antje Damm
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: Tākaka in Mohua Golden Bay
- 2:05 Best of the Fest: Word Christchurch with Tina Makereti and Pip Adam
- 2:30 Innovative Waikato scheme pays artists basic income
- 3:05 Arts News - Sunday 1 September
Sunday, 25 August 2024
- 12:10 From Colin in Accounts to Bollywood: Jacob Rajan’s Fast Favourites
- 12:30 Poppys: South Auckland family garage hottest new comedy club
- 12:45 Soaking up the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Sam Brooks
- 1:08 Why are artists paid so badly?
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: Palmerston North with Sian Van Dyk
- 2:05 Conducting live film orchestras with David Kay
- 2:30 'I want to be that bird': The magic dance of pīwakawaka with Shannon Te Ao
- 3:10 Arts News for 25 August 2024
Sunday, 18 August 2024
- 12:15 Fast Favourites with comedian and writer Eli Matthewson
- 12:30 Takeout Kids: Venturing beyond the takeaway in new season
- 12:45 Fake marble and landscapes: The remarkable painting of Walters Prize nominee Owen Connors
- 1:07 “I could see myself and my friends in them” - Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu on her debut feature We Were Dangerous
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: West Murihiku Southland with Pauline Vaeluaga Smith
- 2:05 Arts News for 18 August 2024
- 2:10 The internet is dead! Long live the book: Underground publishing house 5ever
- 2:30 “I was so hungry for anything other than the way I grew up” - writer and poet Sasha LaPointe
Sunday, 11 August 2024
- 12:10 Jennifer Ward-Lealand and Michael Hurst: on stage alone together for the first time
- 12:30 ‘Every day is a work of art’ - Queen of vintage, avant-garde style icon Chrissy O
- 12:45 Did Titanic Sink? Podcast director Abby Howells on conspiracies and her obsession
- 1:07 The Bitches’ Box: From woolsheds to the silver screen
- 1:20 Regional Wrap: Whakatāne with Sarah Hudson of winning Mataaho Collective
- 2:10 There is no one art history: Kirsty Baker's Women and Art in Aotearoa
- 2:10 Arts news: Arts as a 'nice to do', Parkin prize and Electric Avenue
- 2:30 ‘The punk rock Len Lye’ - the legacy of confrontational artist Peter Roche
Sunday, 4 August 2024
- 12:15 Fast Favourites with Jess Hong
- 12:30 Solo dance show explores trying to be a ‘cool mum’ and having it all
- 12:45 Lexus Song Quest crowns winner Katie Trigg
- 1:07 Can you stage Hamlet in the ultraviolent world of Grand Theft Auto?
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: Akaroa with Lesley Burkes-Harding
- 2:00 Queen’s Rolls-Royce goes to auction - who's going to buy it?
- 2:30 Writer and cultural thinker Ian Wedde on staying ‘Open’
Sunday, 28 July 2024
- 12:10 Fast Favourites: Drag king superstar Hugo Grrrl
- 12:30 The magic and mystery of the human experience in genre-bending show
- 12:45 Don’t you forget about me: The art of Gen X with Megan Dunn
- 1:07 Opening the door on the history of lesbian fashion
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: New Plymouth with Simon Gennard
- 2:00 Arts news for 28 July 2024
- 2:10 Christchurch goes post-punk: Jonathan Ogilvie's Head South
- 2:35 Housing as a human right: artist and advocate Dieneke Jansen
Sunday, 21 July 2024
- 12:15 Fast Favourites with stage and screen actor Bronwyn Turei
- 12:30 Dame Lynley Dodd: 'I didn’t really have courage about writing'
- 12:45 New musical draws on temptation of a past love
- 1:07 Immersive digital artwork brings Wellington weather to life
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: Haumoana’s musical magnet Jamie Macphail
- 2:10 Author Talia Marshall’s stunning debut - Whaea Blue
- 2:30 Dream Chambers: Contemporary music as a spiritual practice
Sunday, 14 July 2024
- 12:15 Fast Favourites with broadcaster Kanoa Lloyd
- 12:30 PickPath - Immersive digital platform empowering creators
- 12:45 Badjelly the Witch takes to the stage with Aotearoa’s Glow Show
- 1:05 Drag superstar Anita Wigl’it celebrates lust and gluttony for K’ Road restaurant month
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: Kerikeri’s Gerry Paul
- 2:04 Making of Madam: Sex work on the small screen
- 2:35 Author and poet Warwick Stubbs on why he chooses to live in his car
Sunday, 7 July 2024
- 12:15 Fast Favourites with chemist and comedian Dr Joel Rindelaub
- 12:30 Sense and Sensibility on stage in raucous spin
- 12:45 Flash Fiction: Storytelling for the short attention spans of our time?
- 1:07 Archeologist pinpoints the start of fashion
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: Waiheke Island’s Fiona Blanchard
- 2:05 Dame Fiona Kidman: Live Letters at Randell Cottage
- 2:36 Lisa Warrington: Supporting Aotearoa theatre past, present and future
Sunday, 30 June 2024
- 12:15 Fast Favourites: Kiwi country star Kaylee Bell
- 12:30 Thelma & Louise Don’t Die: Epic road trip hits the Civic
- 12:45 The last original jugband standing: Jack Craw with Railway Pie
- 1:07 Mixed heritage creatives collaborate in landmark anthology
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: Trains and pots in Coromandel Town with Pete Sephton
- 2:05 Arts news: Drag king storytime cancelled and 2025 touring artists
- 2:10 Weaving culture together in Ōtepoti Dunedin: Margery Blackman
- 2:35 Remembering the first times: Harry Rickett's memoir
Sunday, 23 June 2024
- 12:10 Fast Favourites for Matariki with Professor Rangi Mātāmua
- 12:30 ‘It’s our New Year’: A Matariki Panel featuring three innovative Toi Māori stars
- 1:00 Listening to the world in and around you: Laurence Fearnley at the Grand Glacier Hotel
- 1:15 Regional Wrap: Napier's Lizzie Russell
- 2:05 Arts News: Education ministry shares cryptic Sam Hunt, landmark Māori film premieres and Centrepoint is 50
- 2:10 To deal with body shame, Mandi Lynn turned 300 women gold and photographed them nude
- 2:27 John Baxter: Rua Pōtae - he who wears two hats
